GUADALAJARA

So, I started this a little late considering I have been in Guadalajara for exactly 4 weeks today. I am in Guadalajara through a Study Abroad program with BYU. We are completely immersed in Spanish filling our days with class from 9 to noon, service for 3 hours (3 to 6 for me) and then whatever activity we have planned for that night. I am here with Natalie, a friend I have known since we started at BYU. She was on my floor when we were freshman and we were roommates all last year. She is actually the reason I am here studying right now. I always wanted to do a study abroad but was set on somewhere in Chile or Argentina...hoping to be close to family. Sadly, BYU doesn't offer too much in those countries and it is impossible for me to learn Spanish in a classroom setting. This is when Nat told me how she wanted to study in Guadalajara. Before long we became a part of about 24 BYU students studying in Guadalajara.
We live with the local families and I believe Natalie and I got put with the greatest family in all of Mexico. I absolutely love them. My mom here in Guadalajara is Yolanda - the most beautiful lady I have ever seen. She is blonde with these stunning blue/green eyes. She really is an angel and would do anything and everything for Nat and I. Guillermo is our pops. He is hilarious and has this love for fun music. He loves that I am part Argentine and brings up the culture all the time. We talk of the tangos, Carlos Gardel, the delicious food, mate - we have covered it all. He always has some joke to tell. They have 3 kids. Memo, 30, Vanessa, 27, and Stephanie, 17. Memo doesn't live at home but we see him from time to time. The girls are gorgeous and a ton of fun.
I love it here. My Spanish is coming along. The weather is even more perfect than San Diego's. The food is delicious, until it comes to beans and tortillas for breakfast...haha but I am not complaining. The culture is rich and I love being right in the middle of it all. We have been to futbol games and even seen a lucha fight. How often does someone really get to experience that?! The group I am here with is perfect. We are all learning from each other and I love each and everyone of them. I know we were all meant to be friends :)
Missionary experiences are coming all the time. I get caught a little off guard because they are so sudden but so far, so good. We are the first LDS students that Guillermo and Yolanda have hosted. The other day we were talking about Christmas traditions. Yolanda was shocked to hear that Christ was our focus, our foundation. We probably won't get them baptized in 3 weeks - but they are definitely learning the truths about this wonderful gospel.
I don't really know where to go from here. I might do some flashbacks in between updates so just go with the flow :)